Chapter 653: Marquis Wenchang gives gifts
" Marquis Wenchang has children and grandchildren, and not just Yong Zhi is a son-in-law. He knows how to choose." After hearing this, Emperor Wuxing nodded in agreement, but only: "Thank you for your hard work."
Yan Zhou smiled: "I just moved my mouth and brain, it's not hard."
Bus brain is the most harmful to the body. He should rest without caring about anything to increase his lifespan.
"Your Majesty, Secretary Guo asked for a meeting." Wei Dajian came to report.
Emperor Wuxing: "Biography."
"Yes." Wei Dajian immediately went to bring Guo Shangshu from the Ministry of War.
Shangshu Guo came in with a box with books in it. He knelt down and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has stepped up the calculation of the quantity."
It is the number of available soldiers and horses, the number of available food, grass and military funds.
Emperor Wuxing: "Report."
Shangshu Guo hesitated for a while and finally reported a few quantities.
After saying that, the hall was silent, and even Wei Dajian was shocked.
I didn't expect that the war damage of the Great Wei was so serious that it was only...
"Ninety-eight thousand soldiers in service!"
But there were 3.2 million soldiers in service at the peak of the Great Wei Dynasty!
Now, more than two million less soldiers than at its peak!
The Great Wei has vast territory and strong neighbors. The 350,000 anti-Rong army in the northwest border cannot reduce one soldier. Once it is reduced, the strong Rong will take the northwest.
The 260,000 troops guarding the capital cannot be reduced. Once the reduction is reduced, the throne will change.
There are 150,000 soldiers and horses from Xie Jing, Jiangnan Prefecture.
Although when the two armies confronted each other across the river, Xie Jing had at least 300,000 soldiers and horses, the Xie family explained that it was a suspicious formation set up by the people and their servants, and there were not so many soldiers and horses.
When Jiangnan Prefecture surrendered, Xie Jing had already taken the initiative to hand over 60,000 troops.
If the imperial court cut off the troops in Jiangnan Prefecture again, a major disaster would definitely occur.
What's more, Xie Jing also said that Jiangnan Prefecture also had to check and balance the water bandits for the court every year, and it was already complaining about the lack of troops...
In Northeast Prefecture, in addition to the Tianmangshan Pass, there were only one or two thousand soldiers and more than ten thousand soldiers of the Liang family.
All of them add up, at most one hundred thousand.
The total number of troops in the Central Plains Prefecture is to have 60,000.
The same is true for Lingnan Prefecture. It has very few soldiers and horses. When you really encounter small Fanguos, you mostly use the children of clans of different surnames to fight against the enemy.
It is true that every big state cannot be mobilized, but if Dongmo really comes, the 100,000 soldiers and horses in Northeast China, let alone resisting the enemy, will not be enough for the Dongmo army to kill!
Although the Dongmo is a bitter and cold land, the strength of the Dongmo soldiers is comparable to that of the strong Rong... The weak one is just the eastern Dongmo tribe who looks like the Wei people.
"How much military ration?" Emperor Wuxing asked angrily.
This?
Shangshu Guo followed Emperor Wuxing all the way to the capital, and he was also a strong man, but at this moment he was like a mosquito and flies: "Except for Jiangnan Prefecture, grain depots in all places are asking for food from the capital."
Come for food!
See food!
Bang--!
Emperor Wu Xing punched the imperial case: "Ningkang's cheap genius has caused such a disaster to the Great Wei in just twenty years!"
How prosperous was the Great Wei prosperous during the reign of Emperor Wu Ye?
When he was killed and escorted out of Beijing, the lives of the people were still peaceful along the way. But when he returned to Beijing, the Great Wei was full of morbidity and almost terminally ill.
He demolished the golden house of Jin Shoufu's family and pried out the Jin family's warehouse, but failed to fill the holes in various places. "Your Majesty, why not..." Guo Shangshu wanted to increase taxes, but he understood that no matter how much tax the people were added, it would not be able to solve the difficulties of the Great Wei.
Emperor Wu Xing closed his eyes and thought, but after a while, he finally decided to take a dangerous move.
He wrote an imperial edict in person, saying to Yan Zhou: "You will take it to Northeast Prefecture, and when will you read it, you will make your own decision."
Yan Zhou opened it and looked shocked, but this is the best government order that can solve the shortage of soldiers and horses of the Great Wei Dynasty.
The people of the Great Wei Dynasty were in a difficult situation and were no longer able to squeeze out new taxes to raise soldiers for the court.
But the powerful family, the families of rich families and officials are different... Every household has countless farms, each farm has a large granary, and there are large warehouses in various places, which are stocking up various supplies.
They have money and food, and can raise troops for the court.
The period when the powerful aristocratic families are the strongest, is the period when private soldiers can be raised openly. Therefore, the wealthy families of aristocratic families will not resist this order, but will only celebrate together, and shout that their fortune will stand on the side of the powerful aristocratic families again!
The only risk is that when the court wants to take back the troops they raise, one of the bad things is that the princes are in dispute, military disasters broke out in various places, and the Wei Dynasty fell into civil strife.
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But it is not unacceptable to civil strife when completely annexed by foreign enemies.
After all, civil strife will always be unified one day. Once the foreign race is completely exterminated, everything for thousands of years will be completely erased. "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make good use of this imperial edict to seek the greatest benefit for the Great Wei!" Yan Zhou knelt down and promised.
Shangshu Guo was anxious. What imperial edict made the Duke of Yan change his face?
It won't be...
Shangshu Guo dared not think about it.
Yan Zhou had already stood up, looked at Shangshu Guo, and smiled and said, "Shangshu Guo, don't worry. We have experienced all the difficulties along the way. Now this level is not worth mentioning."
Shangshu Guo wanted to wipe his sweat, but Your Majesty and Duke Yan were like the magic needle of the sea. As long as they were there, the Wei Dynasty would not be destroyed. He just needed to do his own things and let Your Majesty and Duke Yan work less.
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The day when Emperor Wuxing talked about Wenchang Hou and Duke Yan, Wenchang Hou had already arrived at the capital of Northeast Prefecture and sent a convoy to send gifts to Qin Jiangguan Xue Huang's family to commend them for their merits in fighting.
Before the convoy arrived at Baofu County, the entire county town caused a sensation.
Kang Jinxian was even more excited than the magistrate of Kang County and ordered: "Hurry up, order the county yamen and others to prepare to welcome the convoy of the Wenchang Hou family; send someone to Taifeng Town to bring Mr. Qin here, waiting to see the people from the Wenchang Hou family!"
Mr. Kang County was speechless with this clan brother, and even felt a little embarrassed... Why are you excited? Not to give you a gift.
It was only then that I went to Taifeng Town to pick up Mr. Qin, and the convoy had already entered the city.
Fortunately, Kang Jinxian's master quietly reminded him that he finally woke up, cleared his throat awkwardly, and pretended to be his elder brother, saying to the magistrate Kang County: "My clan, as the magistrate of this county, you should quickly lead the team to welcome the convoy of the Wenchang Hou family."
"Hey." County Magistrate Kang pretended that nothing happened, and quickly made arrangements and took a group of people to the gate of the city.
Not long after arriving at the city gate, the convoy of Wenchang Hou's family arrived.
Dongdongdongdongdongdong!
Happy drums rang out rhythmically, and the magistrate Kang County bowed and shouted: "The magistrate of Baofu County led the crowd to welcome the carriage of the Hou Wenchang family!"
As soon as he shouted, the hundred families of the Wenchang Marquis' Mansion dismounted and helped the Magistrate Kang up, saying, "Mr. Kang and you all don't need to be polite. Our Marquis said that this gift is his personal act, not official business. You can only treat us as servants of the Marquis' Mansion to receive us."
How can you treat you now!
Although you are raised by the Marquis' Mansion and are sent by the Marquis' Mansion, you are a serious sixth-rank household registered by the court. Since you are an official, you cannot take your current person.
Wen Baihu said again: "Sir, don't be busy. We just borrowed from the county town. We have to rush to the Qin family in Taifeng Town."